This is my first post on my new site, partially because I needed content
Welcome to Blueinkcode! I’ve been working on this website since April and my ideas have finally come to fruition. I’m Jack and I’m not really much of a blogger, but I need somewhere to get my thoughts out so that’s what this is for. I’m from the U.K. and I love tech. I’m unashamedly an Apple fanboy but I’m also Windows veteran and I have dabbled in Android too. I talk about Apple a lot and that will be the primary focus of this blog.
I’m also into coding and making videos, so this site also serves as a launchpad for my other projects. I primarily code in Apple’s Swift language, a product of this is my app - Freezr, which you can find more info about on the site. I’m also a fan of JavaScript and I have created skills for the Amazon Echo.
Apple will announce iPhone X in less than 48 hours
On 12th September Apple will announce their 2017 iPhones, along with a bunch of other cool products in the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park in Cupertino. I was actually lucky enough to be in Cupertino last week and Apple Park is spectacular as the sun sets.
Obviously the 10th anniversary iPhone will be the highlight of the event. Up until now it’s been tentatively named as iPhone 8, and to be honest no one with tech knowledge actually expected it to be called that, but in the leaked iOS 11 Golden Master, it appears the phone will be called iPhone X.
‘X’ was an early rumoured name and personally it was the one I liked the least. X, the Roman numeral for 10, makes sense to mark the anniversary, but doesn’t make sense when following Apple conventions. For example, in 2016 Apple renamed OS X to macOS, because the X was a product of the early 2000’s and wasn’t as elegant as it once was. Furthermore, if it is actually pronounced ‘iPhone Ten’ then what happens when the iPhone 9 comes out next year? (replacing the cheaper iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus variants also due out on Tuesday).
To me ‘iPhone X’ as in 10 makes very little sense, whereas if it were to be pronounced ‘ex’ that makes more sense. It would highlight to consumers how vastly different this phone is compared to the numbers and S’ that have come before it.
Either way all will be revealed on Tuesday, alongside the glass-backed iPhone 8 and 8 Plus (up until now known as 7s and 7s Plus), the cellular 3rd generation Apple Watch, a 4K/HDR Apple TV and revamped AirPods. Personally I am looking forward to all of them, and I shall be looking to purchase most of them. Anything I do purchase, however, shall be unboxed on iCollectApple.
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